Conditional Sentences “If grandma had wheels she’d

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Conditional Sentences “If grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle.” Conditional sentences Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. Conditional Sentences There are two kinds of conditional sentences: real and unreal. Real Conditional describes real-life situations. Unreal Conditional describes unreal, imaginary situations. However there are three types of Conditional Sentences. What do these sentences tell us about reality? If you work hard, you’ll succeed. If you worked hard, you would succeed. If you had worked hard, you would have succeeded. 1st Conditional A touch of reality… If-clause Main clause Present simple will If I see him, I will give him the book. If I don’t see him, I will phone him in the evening. The order of the clauses can be reversed. In this case DO NOT use a comma. I will phone him in the evening if I don’t see him. Use of Conditional type 1 Conditional Sentences Type I refer to the future. An action in the future will only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled by that time. We don't know for sure whether the condition actually will be fulfilled or not, but the conditions seems rather realistic – so we think it is likely to happen Finish the following sentences… If I go away on holiday this year… If I lose all my money… If we get too much homework… If my friend gets into trouble.. If we finish early today… I’ll eat my hat if… This school will have to close if… We will all be very happy if… I will be rather disappointed if… Will you help me if… UNLESS UNLESS Unless = If … not If you don’t run, you’ll miss the bus. Unless you run, you’ll miss the bus. 2nd Conditional There’s still hope… If-clause Main clause Past simple would If I won the lottery, I would buy a house. If I had a car, I wouldn’t walk to school. The order of the clauses can be reversed. In this case DO NOT use a comma. I would read more if I didn’t watch so much TV. Use of Conditional type 2 Conditional Type 2 is an unreal conditional. The Unreal Conditional is used to talk about improbable